Chinese Dogwood Tree Facts
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Chinese dogwood tree facts. Leaves gain a reddish scarlet tint bloom. Common names include kousa kousa dogwood chinese dogwood korean dogwood and japanese dogwood. Cornus kousa chinensis best soil. The chinese flowering dogwood comes from asia particularly china korea and japan.
Our pot grown chinese dogwood trees can be planted at any time of the year. Range from white through pink to. Depending on the age of the kousa dogwood the trees take on a different appearance. If carefully treated a mature dogwood tree species such as the flowering dogwood may reach 40 feet in height.
Dark green fall color. White dogwood pink dogwood and chinese dogwood amongst others. Planting cornus kousa var. Start by removing weeds and grass within a metre of your desired planting hole then dig a square hole as deep as your root mass and roughly 1 5x as wide.
They are distinctive with four petal like bracts around the central flowers. For white flowers chinensis and china girl are particularly popular. Flowering dogwoods produce red fruit in autumn. Acidic well drained soil with lots of organic matter is best light.
It was introduced in the u. Large white bracts with green. Sometimes referred to as the chinese dogwood this asian cousin to our native flowering dogwood can be used as a specimen plant or in shrub borders. The tree displays medium growth averaging between 13 and 24 inches annually.
Dogwood trees are native to north america. Choosing growing dogwood. Cornus kousa is a small deciduous tree 8 12 m 26 39 ft tall in the flowering plant family cornaceae. Milky way is a.
Broad and open in shape the tree produces masses of tiny green flowers in early summer which are surrounded by creamy white flower bracts that look like scraps of paper. It is a plant native to east asia including korea china and japan. From june to july there are numerous yellowish white flowers which are actually bracts. Chinese flowering dogwood history.
Chinese dogwood tree information scientific name. With its wide sweeping growth a height of up to 5 metres and a width of 3 m it should earn a place of honour in gardens. Synonyms are benthamia kousa and cynoxylon kousa. Description the kousa dogwood is a handsome small to medium sized tree reaching a mature height of 30 feet.
Depending on the species of dogwood you plant you may have a short stout bush or a 25 foot tall tree. Dogwood tree facts 01 scientific name. Tolerant of all but shallow soils.